Kyrisse

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@BlackPanther Haha, okay. ^_^ It'll be after a few more posts before Elise gets to where everyone is though. So collab work will happen a little later. ^_^ Excited about what we can come up with though. ^_^

Oh, and hi everyone!

More Than A Lifetime (Kyrisse x Neno 1445)

The smile on Adrian's face disappeared upon hearing and seeing Alessandra's reaction to what he had said. He made a face. "I did not expect you to turn meek and dull during my absence," he shook his head in disappointment. He shook his head. "No, there is nothing else I require. You may go," he dimissed her and stood up as well. He didn't eat as much as he used to and left his plate half full. He patted the handmaiden's shoulder as he walked past her and the disappeared out into the hallway.

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Elise Shadewater

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Collaboration with: @Ashevelendar

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Elise looked at the box she had been sent. Inside was a set of armor. The armor was made of leather and by the looks of it, would barely cover the areas that should be covered. She reached out and took the two piece set out of the box. The upper half and the lower half together would leave her arms, her abdomen and her legs completely exposed. She looked dully at it. Wearing it would be like waltzing naked into a battle zone. But she really had no choice. What the Empire gives her, she would take. What it commands of her, she would do. Thoughts of breaking free and choosing death had long been beaten out of her. She was now no more than a slave, the Empire's rabid dog, sent out to incapacitate and manipulate rebels and those the Empire deemed dangerous.

She had no choice. It was either live and do as the Empire commanded or have her heart explode from the explosive device injected into her years ago. She was one of the first few to be ever injected with it. She had witnessed a girl her age die from the explosion and could still remember her screams of pain. Then, that horrible imploding sound... She reached up and rubbed her nape, her fingers feeling the scar where they had injected her.

Her orders now were to put on the armor and appear before His Holiness, Gregory Ascended Templar Markovic.

Another mission. She wasted no time putting on the leather armor. As soon as she was done, she looked down at herself. As expected, the armor didn't really cover much. She sighed and began lacing up her boots.

Dressed and ready, she made her way out of her room. She was met by two Holy Templars outside the door. They escorted her to Markovic's chamber.

Once there, she walked in and bowed her head, a force of habit rather than respect. "You summoned me, Your Holiness," she said.

"Hmph. Mage. You are here, late as usual. You and your bodyguard, I always forget his name, shall join an expedition in the Wasteland. Someone stole something from us and that someone shall need to die. The Emperor decided to send you both with them.

Two horses for you and another 4 for your escorts shall be given to you. Don't let the Empire down. Mage..."

"If I may be so bold to ask... this Expedition that we shall be a part of... may I know how many comprises the group? How many mages?" she aked.

" You are not sent there to kill the Magi. You are to aid the group. The Emperor demands to have what the group is searching for. An Amulet. Three pieces of it.
I think there are 5 or 6. Something like that. Enough. Too many. " Gregory shook his head.

Elise nodded. She didn't need any more information than was given. What she needed to know, she will find out when she joins the group. "When shall we depart, Your Holiness?"

" Today. You've got exactly 2 days to get there before they leave. So, go. Fast. "

"Of course," Elise replied as she bowed her head. And then, she waited silently to be dismissed. The first time she had ever met Markovic, she had spoken out of turn and left when she was not yet dismissed. Because of that, she was punished severely. It was a mistake she will never again repeat.

" Also. Mage. Make sure you thwart any attempt at the disabling of the enchantments. For I'm sure they shall try it. Keep an eye on the Magi that were here...the dark human and the half-elf.

Did I made myself understood? "

"Yes, sire," the mage automatically replied. A dark human and a dark elf. She will keep that in mind.

Gregory smiled. " Good. Dismissed...don't disappoint me. "

"I shall do as you say," she bowed a little lower before she turned and walked away.

More Than A Lifetime (Kyrisse x Neno 1445)

"I don't recall allowing you to take your leave as of yet," Adrian called out before Alessandra could leave. The tone of his voice was confident and arrogant, exactly how he sounded when Alessandra met him. When she turned back, he grinned. "Did you want me to sound like that again? I believe that can be arranged."

More Than A Lifetime (Kyrisse x Neno 1445)

Adrian glanced at Alessandra and a bitter smile crossed his lips. "Yes, I suppose you can say that," he agreed to her first question and then shook his head to the second. "I think perhaps the Princess of Gyeongsang would get along better with Adam than she would with me," he chuckled at his own answer. And then, he turned back to his food, leaving Alessandra's last question unanswered.

More Than A Lifetime (Kyrisse x Neno 1445)

Hye Jin and Adam entered the dining hall and walked past Alessandra, both of them not bothering to pay her any attention. Adam had an awakward smile on his face while Hye Jin looked annoyed. "Welcome back, Adrian. We are all greatly relieved to have you return to us," Adam greeted. "I apologize for not greeting you earlier. Mother had been so ecstatic that I did not want to interrupt your reunion."

Adrian didn't look at his younger brother. He began eating.

"Welcome back, Prince Adrian. I, myself, was relieved that you returned. I had spent countless nights wondering what had befallen you that you could not return when you said you would," came Hye Jin's words.

When Adrian still didn't pay them any attention, Adam spoke again. "You have lost weight---"

Adrian cut him off. "Let us forego the pleasantries," he said in a controlled tone. He looked up, his fork poised over a piece of meat on his plate. His eyes first fell on Hye Jin. His brown eyes were openly unfriendly."You have already promised yourself to Adam, have you not? I shall not get in the way and give you my blessing to wed. I believe it is to be held in a fortnight?" he raised an eyebrow and Hye Jin visibly flinched. Adrian's brown eyes turned towards the younger prince. "I hope that my unexpected return was not much of a surprise for you," his voice was edged with an unspoken challenge.

"Of course not, what are you---"

Adrian didn't let Adam finish. "If you would be so kind as to leave me in peace while I eat?" he interjected a request but in a tone that was final.

Adam opened his mouth to say something else but Adrian had already turned back to his food. With an irritated frown, he turned on his heels and left. Hye Jin stood there staring at her once bethroted for a few minutes before she, too, left.

More Than A Lifetime (Kyrisse x Neno 1445)

"Then perhaps I should command you to dine with me," Adrian challenged back. "I seem to recall that court rules may be ignored if the crown prince commands it," he cracked a smile and then chuckled. "I am just jesting. You should not feel obligated to join me if you do not want to," he clasped his hands behind his back as he walked towards the dining hall. "Mistreated..." he repeated in a low voice before he reached out and pushed the doors to the dining hall open.

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@BlackPanther haha yeah, i think so too. Can I call you out for a collab later?

Taking me a while to read through everything but hopefully I can get an intro post for Elise up later

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Elise

Elise Shadewater

Race:
Human

Gender:
Female

Age:
23

Eye Color:
Icy blue

Height:
5'6

Predisposition to Non-Magi:

Fears the non-magi. Being one of the victims of a death blow, she has enough reason to shy away and be wary of them. However, her current position in the Citadel almost always put her in constant contact with them.

Spells:

Enhanced Healing: She is capable of healing complex wounds in the expense of her own life energy. She functions as the healer in all of the missions she is sent to and is often weak hence the need for a bodyguard.

Abilities:

Memory Manipulation: an ability she was forced by the Empire to learn. By order of the Empire, she uses this ability against the rebels. She either wipes off their memories to incapacitate them or completely brainwashing them into serving the Empire. This is the same ability the Empire used on her to alter her own memories.

Artifacts:

Spell Negation and Power Translocation Ring: Grants her the ability to negate spells casted in her general vicinity and transforms them into regenerating power for herself and others. The ring was given to her with the sole purpose of tracking mages who were able to escape the Citadel, making her best suited to enter areas armed with debilitating spells.

History:

Elise was born to the Firebrooks, a prominent family in the Citadel. Her mother, knowing from birth that she was a mage, immediately gave her up to the Empire. The Empire, seeing as how they can train a child to be loyal to them took her in and educated her. To avoid giving her undue attachments to her original family, she was given the surname Shadewater. She was given a more comfortable 'lodging' as compared to the other mages locked up in their prisons in the form of a rickety bed and a bit more rations of food, but she was still a prisoner through and through, going only where and doing only what the Empire allows her to.

During the time she was allowed to study in the library, she met a young soldier, named James Blackwell. He treated her differently from the people in the Empire. To him, she felt normal and wanted. And so, eventually she found herself in love with him. However, on her 19th year, an increase in her powers manifested itself. A young boy that was studying in the library with her had been severely wounded by one of the soldiers. In an attempt to save him, she had thrown herself in the way of the blow that would have ended his life. The sword had cleaved through her shoulder but she had reached out and grabbed hold of the soldier’s ankle, immediately draining him of energy and automatically healing herself. The other soldiers who had witnessed the manifestation of her powers immediately struck her down. As she fell, the last thing she saw was James. He watched her die. He didn’t make a move to help. And at that moment, she felt betrayed.

But the energy remaining in her body did not let her succumb to death. As soon as she was brought to the Citadel for burning, she had woken up. And because of it, she was brought to the Empire’s leaders and was promptly deposited in the hands of the Citadel’s scientists and innovators, where she was subjected to all kinds of torture and experimentation.

This was the memory she was given. Her real life story, however, lies in the mind of only one man: James Blackwell.

“Her name was Athelia Westward. I hadn’t been a Holy Paladin for long at the time, and I was deployed to a village suspected to be harbouring a mage. The intel was…off. Turns out, it was a trap. One thing lead to the next and before I knew it, I was disarmed and at the mercy of a very irate mage. I thought I was dead, until that mage’s daughter convinced him to spare my life…that I could change. I guess it worked. We got closer, and I tried to keep it a secret for as long as I could. But life wouldn't have it. A year later, she and her family were exposed by Empire spies. By the time I got back to her village, everyone was dead and I had to bury everything I had come to love.” – as recounted by James Blackwell.

Several years later, she stands as one of a member of the Empire's special army, built to do as commanded. As the Empire's forerunner, subduing mages and rebels were as easy as taking a leisurely walk in a flower field. She had been sent to several missions, all ending in resounding successes.

What made her turn against her own kind remains unknown.

Personality:
Withdrawn, fearful, silent, hopeless, apathetic, resigned to her fate.

Shoutout to @Shadow Daedalus, here's my little spin off.

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Making my presence known... LOL. I'll be joining you guys in this roleplay. I will have my CS up after I finish with today's events. ^_^ looking forward to meeting everyone. ^_^